diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 0e6c94a8c2bc..aba983531ed3 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -1201,8 +1201,7 @@ static void mpls_netconf_notify_devconf(struct net *net, int event,
 	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_MPLS_NETCONF, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
 	return;
 errout:
-	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_MPLS_NETCONF, err);
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_MPLS_NETCONF, err);
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy devconf_mpls_policy[NETCONFA_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -2278,8 +2277,7 @@ static void rtmsg_lfib(int event, u32 label, struct mpls_route *rt,
 
 	return;
 errout:
-	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_MPLS_ROUTE, err);
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_MPLS_ROUTE, err);
 }
 
 static int mpls_valid_getroute_req(struct sk_buff *skb,